Play Meter

Progress
Let me compliment you on
the progress of PLAY METER
magazine. You really are pro-
viding a service to the industry,
and I congratulate you.
Robert S. Rhinehart, Jr.
Executive Director
F.A.M.A.
ed during the last several years
with the advent of mall game
rooms. The operators of these
rooms look to receive delivery of
new equipment prior to the
Thanksgiving/.Christmas period
of the year ,their busiest season).
As is the case this year, when
new equipment is shown in
mid-November, it is hardly poss-
ible for them to accomplish this.
My suggestion is that which-
ever show would be held in the
fall, should be held as early in the
fall as possible; perhaps late
September or at the latest, early
October. If the other show could
be rescheduled in mid to late
winter, it would serve as a
showcase for those seasonal
operators who are, at that time of
the year, beginning preparation
for their forthcoming summer
season.
Alan Bruck
Banner Distributing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Imagine
In response to the eight-dollar
fee: can you imagine the impact if
all operators were to boycott
buying 45's for one month? That
would open a few eyes. Could it
happen?
Dale H . Otway
Buckeye Amusements
Orlando, Florida
[Ed. - That might make someone
take notice, or perhaps operators
might try boycotting the per-
formers for a particuw.r perform-
ing rights society. Jukebox ope-
rators, as best as we can find out,
buy between 40 and 60 percent of
aU pop 45's and between 70 to 90
percent of all country singles.
There appear to be no set figures
for the R&B singles.]
Start the Hew Year
off right with these
drastic price reductions
ARCADE Ii VIDEO
AMERICOIN Dozer .... $695
ATARI Sprint II . .. .. .. 1595
ATARI Sprint 8 ... . . . .. 3395
ATARI Breakout ... .. . . 895
ATARI Super Bug . . .. . 1245
ELCON
Robot Bowl (new) . .. .. 1295
EXIDY Car Polo .. . .. ... 695
EXIDY Circus . .. . . . .. . . 895
EXIDY Death Race ... . 1125
COCKTAIL TABLES
Dates too close
Our industry has two main
opportunities each year to dis-
play its product lines to our
operator customers on a national
level: our own A .M.O.A. show
and, for the last several vears,
the LA.A.P.A . show.
It seems a shame that the dates
of these shows fall so closely
together, that the majority of the
operators who do attend, attend
either one or the other. If the
dates of these shows could be
rescheduled so that one would be
held in the fall and the other in
the mid-winter, I believe that the
entire industry would benefit.
The game industry has chang-
PLAY METER, January, 1979
BALLY Fun 4 . . .. . ... .. $395
FUN GAMES Take 5 . ... 395
MIRCO 21 .. ..... .... .. 895
MIRCO Super Stud .. ... 895
MIRCO
Strikes & Spares . ... .. 1095
GREMLIN
Comotion I & II . . . . . . . . 895
ELCON
Blockbuster N4 .. .... . 1095
OVER 100
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL
FLIPPERS
EXIDY Robot Bowl . .. . 1145
GREMLIN Blockade . . . . 695
MIDWAY Wheels 1 ..... 595
MIDWAY Wheels 11 .... . 745
MIDWAY Gunfight ..... 845
MIDWAY Seawolf ... .. 1195
P.S.E. Bazooka ... . .... 795
P.S.E. Desert Patrol. . .. 795
SEGA
Plinker's Canyon ... ... 3695
SPECIAL!
SP'ECIAL!
SPECIAL!
LIKE HEW
DYHAMO
"CB"SOCCERS
$395 EACH
PLEASE CALL FOR SPECIAL PRICES ON ANY TYPE
OF NEW EQUIPMENT
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